Japanese

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Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3
ごく
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

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Likely from Sinitic 投獄投狱.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(とう)(ごく) (tōgoku

  1. Imprisonment.

Verb

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(とう)(ごく)する (tōgoku surutransitive suru (stem (とう)(ごく) (tōgoku shi), past (とう)(ごく)した (tōgoku shita))

  1. To imprison, to throw into prison.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN